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  1. Award-winning coffee produced by extraordinary women

    Entrepreneurship

    Ethical entrepreneur helps female coffee growers earn a decent living and help communities here and abroad.

  2. Developing the brain behind the Beryl bike-share scheme

    Knowledge Transfer Partnership

    Using cutting-edge data science methods to improve the delivery of city-wide bike-sharing services.

    School: School of Science and Technology

    Department: Department of Computer Science , and Department of Mathematics

  3. Humanising the data on violence against shop workers

    Collaborative and contract research

    Understanding how violence and verbal abuse affects shop workers, why it’s increasing and making recommendations for meaningful change.

    School: School of Policy and Global Affairs

    Department: Department of Sociology and Criminology

  4. It's cool to care

    Entrepreneurship

    University friends set up Leiho, a sustainable and socially aware business selling daily essentials. For every item they sell another is donated to a homeless person.

  5. Measure how clean your teeth are from the comfort of your own home

    Entrepreneurship

    Graduates use the power of technology to invent the world’s first digital plaque tracker, revolutionising dental care at home.

  6. Ocushield: protecting eyes from blue light thanks to CitySpark

    Entrepreneurship

    Winner of CitySpark, Dhruvin Patel, has developed a range of wellbeing products that block harmful blue light emitted from LED screens.

    School: School of Health and Medical Sciences

    Department: Department of Optometry and Visual Sciences

  7. Turning academic research into a commercial product

    Commercialisation

    Working closely with commercial partners to realise the value in the university’s academic research.

    School: School of Science and Technology

    Department: Department of Engineering

    Research centre: Research Centre for Civil Engineering Structures

  8. Using digital technology to give those with aphasia a voice

    Collaborative and contract research

    A project designed with and for those who suffer from aphasia to help them improve their speech in everyday life.

    School: School of Health and Medical Sciences , and School of Science and Technology

    Department: Department of Computer Science , and Department of Interprofessional Healthcare

    Research centre: Centre for Human-Computer Interaction Design